Source code for langchain_community.retrievers.needle
from typing import Any, List, Optional # noqa: I001
from langchain_core.callbacks import CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
from langchain_core.documents import Document
from langchain_core.retrievers import BaseRetriever
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
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class NeedleRetriever(BaseRetriever, BaseModel):
"""
NeedleRetriever retrieves relevant documents or context from a Needle collection
based on a search query.
Setup:
Install the `needle-python` library and set your Needle API key.
.. code-block:: bash
pip install needle-python
export NEEDLE_API_KEY="your-api-key"
Key init args:
- `needle_api_key` (Optional[str]): The API key for authenticating with Needle.
- `collection_id` (str): The ID of the Needle collection to search in.
- `client` (Optional[NeedleClient]): An optional instance of the NeedleClient.
Usage:
.. code-block:: python
from langchain_community.retrievers.needle import NeedleRetriever
retriever = NeedleRetriever(
needle_api_key="your-api-key",
collection_id="your-collection-id"
)
results = retriever.retrieve("example query")
for doc in results:
print(doc.page_content)
"""
client: Optional[Any] = None
"""Optional instance of NeedleClient."""
needle_api_key: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Needle API Key")
collection_id: Optional[str] = Field(
..., description="The ID of the Needle collection to search in"
)
def _initialize_client(self) -> None:
"""
Initialize the NeedleClient with the provided API key.
If a client instance is already provided, this method does nothing.
"""
try:
from needle.v1 import NeedleClient
except ImportError:
raise ImportError("Please install with `pip install needle-python`.")
if not self.client:
self.client = NeedleClient(api_key=self.needle_api_key)
def _search_collection(self, query: str) -> List[Document]:
"""
Search the Needle collection for relevant documents.
Args:
query (str): The search query used to find relevant documents.
Returns:
List[Document]: A list of documents matching the search query.
"""
self._initialize_client()
if self.client is None:
raise ValueError("NeedleClient is not initialized. Provide an API key.")
results = self.client.collections.search(
collection_id=self.collection_id, text=query
)
docs = [Document(page_content=result.content) for result in results]
return docs
def _get_relevant_documents(
self, query: str, *, run_manager: CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun
) -> List[Document]:
"""
Retrieve relevant documents based on the query.
Args:
query (str): The query string used to search the collection.
Returns:
List[Document]: A list of documents relevant to the query.
"""
# The `run_manager` parameter is included to match the superclass signature,
# but it is not used in this implementation.
return self._search_collection(query)